Priority Area Coordination 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation invites civil society organisations, representatives from cities and municipalities and further local actors to the 9th Meeting of the Danube Local Actors Platform.

The Danube Transnational organises in collaboration with the National Contact Point Slovakia a thematic event on "Governance" for the 3rd call for project proposals. Priority Area 9 People and Skills and Prioirty Area 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation will present the links between the DTP Specific Objective 4.1 "Well Governed Danube Region" and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.

The Steering Group of Priority Area 7 "Knowledge Society" consists of representatives of the 14 Danube Region countries, the European Commission and other stakeholders. It meets twice a year to discuss plans and progress in regard to the implementation of the Priority Area's targets and actions. The main
aim of the meeting will be to discuss the revision of EUSDR Action plan and linkages with other programmes, projects and priority areas, to valorise and build upon the knowledge and experience from existing projects and try to find the ways for mutual benefit.

Second International Congress on World Civilizations and Historic Routes will be held on 15-16 November in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is jointly organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of tourism and the UN World Tourism Organisation.